United States Arm 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives in Vietnam. Soldiers come off gangway from USNS Daniel I Sultan to Landing Craft Utility (LCU). LCU pulls away. LCU underway. LCU crowded with soldiers. LCU heads for the Sultan. (Vietnam War period).
Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. Vietnamese people running on a street. Ho An enthusiastic crowd runs to accompany Ho Chi Minh as he enters a building. The crowd surrounds him. He gives a brief speech in a small auditorium. Vietnamese people applaud. Other Vietnamese men and women, wearing medals and decorations, come up to the stage and speak. Ho Chi Minh hugs a young girl. Ho Chi Minh and his staff look at a large map of Vietnam on a wall and plan military strategy.
As examples of action expected under provisions of the Third Geneva Convention, opening scenes show Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) escorting some Viet Cong prisoners of war (POW); a wounded being carried on a stretcher; refugees moving along a trail en masse and women and children being helped to board a DC-3 transport airplane. As examples of prohibited behavior: soldiers are seen abusing prisoners; a woman strikes someone surrounded by a vigilante group; a soldier threatens a child; mother and child being threatened. A Cuban revolutionary officer is seen passing sentence on prisoner without due process. A prisoner being executed by a firing squad. (Vietnam War period).
United States soldiers unload weapons and place them on the ground during the Vietnam War. Crates with various markings. Captured North Vietnamese weapons such as rifles, submachine guns, and ammunition on display. The soldiers inspect Chinese anti-tank and mortar rounds captured from North Vietnamese forces. A finger points to Chinese markings. North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh meets with delegates. Ho Chi Minh and other North Vietnamese communist leaders attend meeting with United States officials. “Our war aim in South Vietnam is peace. President Johnson has directed me to do everything possible to bring this matter from the battlefield to the conference table. And so we’ve been utilizing all of the existing and available political machinery for that purpose” says Secretary of State Dean Rusk during an interview.
General activities at Eglin Field show preparation for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. U.S. General Doolittle stands with the pilots and talk. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell parked in the background. Crewmen work on the wheel of a B-25 and General Doolittle looks at them. A pilot looks out from the window of the plane. General Doolittle stands with a pilot and talks to him. Crewmen and pilot stand around a B-25. A B-25 inside a hangar. Crewmen seated on a trolley. B-25s parked in a line. A crewman on a ladder works on a jet engine.
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Almond B Doud Jr. and crew being briefed by Major Ralph W Walker, Airlift Command Post duty officer, at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand.
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